Ideas, Activities and Resources for Bend-La Pine Schools
I recently saw this post from Kasey Bell on her Shake Up Learning Blog and wanted to share with all of you because I was able to pick up a couple of great tips and I’m sure you will, too. Sharing Continue reading Google Tips for Teachers
Hopscotch has been an app our students have been enjoying since we first issued iPads in schools 5 years ago. It is fun, easy to use and most importantly, it gets students writing code! Lately, several elementary and middle school Continue reading Everything Hopscotch
When reading on a device, we’re often looking for something specific. For example, I found a long article and I wanted to know if it had any information pertaining to schools. On my laptop, I can type in “⌘ F” Continue reading Looking for Specific Text on Your Device?
Anna Rosling Rönnlund, at Gapminder, created a website called, Dollar Street where family homes have been photographed around the world in 50 countries. These homes have been categorized on a street continuum from poor on the far left to rich Continue reading Dollar Street
Many of us enjoy creating videos, or at least our students do. We use iMovie, Keynote, Stop Motion, Notability, and other apps to create magical stories, to explain learning or how to do something or to simply entertain. We are Continue reading Puppet Master App
Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is a great program that most of our schools participate in. Students in grades 3-12 form teams and avidly read a set of books in their division. They then compete against other teams within Continue reading OBOB Titles Nominated for 2019
For those of you that are using the New Google Sites with your students and your students are using iPad 4’s or haven’t updated to the latest iOS, then you might find that your students cannot navigate within your site Continue reading Are Your Students Having Trouble Navigating in the New Google Sites?
If you’ve updated to the new iOS 11 on your iPad, then you’ve probably noticed the updated flick keyboard. To access the gray characters, such as the @, all you have to do is press the “A” and pull down Continue reading How to Use the iPad’s New Flick Keyboard in iOS 11